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| "On his third CD for Eremite records, Alan Silva is back in front of an orchestra for the first time since 1982's Desert Mirage (I.A.C.P). An iconic figure in the avant-garde for three decades, Silva's contribution to the methodologies & vernacular of large ensemble improvisation is enormous, prefiguring the conductions of Butch Morris & John Zorn's game pieces. His three album 1970 BYG recording Seasons is universally regarded as one of the high water marks in avant-garde jazz. Silva's orchestral pieces offer a broader view of his mad genius than perhaps any other context for his music. They also reveal an artist of uniquely American themes & sources, informed equally by the legacies of Ives, Ra, Ellington & Mingus, developments in the visual arts (namely abstract expressionism), & a preternaturally warped response to the post-WWII American culture of show tunes, film music, radio theater & cold war propaganda. This CD was recorded during the 1999 Vision Festival, a rare chance for Silva to work & extensively rehearse with a band of veteran improvisers, & again present his orchestra music on native soil (a first since 1968). The band's festival performance was plagued by every imaginable technical difficulty, including complete power outages & exploding television sets. They re-assembled in a empty hall one week later to play the spectacularly expansive music heard on this recording. Resolution 57! Twenty-three piece ensemble featuring Silva (conduction, vocals, some synthesizer) & Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell Jr, Raphe Malik, 'Kidd' Jordan, Joe Daley, Steve Swell, J.D. Parran, Bill Lowe, Rob Brown, Wilbur Morris, Karen Borca, Jackson Krall, et al. |
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ARTISTS
Alan Silva (conductor, synthesizer); Steve Dalachinsky (spoken vocals); Elliot Levin (soprano saxophone, piccolo); Rob Brown, Ori Kaplan (alto saxophone); Sabir Mateen (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet); Andrew Lamb, Kid Jordan (tenor saxophone); Scott Currie (baritone saxophone); J.D. Parran (bass saxophone, alto clarinet); Roy Campbell, Jr. (trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn); Taylor Ho Bynum, Stephen Haynes (trumpet, brass); Raphe Malik (trumpet); Mark Taylor (French horn); Art Barron, Steve Swell (trombone); Bill Lowe (bass trombone, tuba); Joe Daley (tuba); William Connell, Jr. (flute, bass clarinet); Karen Borca (bassoon); Mark Hennen (piano); Wilbur Morris (acoustic bass); Jackson Krall (drums).
Recorded on May 31, 1999 in New York. |
TRACKS
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2. II
3. III |
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